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INDEX. 



Jaguar-skins, imported into England,78. 

 James I,, elephant presented to, 306. 

 James V. (of Scotland), tried to get 



dogs that would ride behind men on 



horseback, 100. 

 Jamrack, his adventure with a tiger, 58. 



Kangaboo, the great, 467. 



Kangaroos, 463 ; brutal massacre of, 

 477 ; human beings attacked by, 

 473 ; machinery driven by, 475 ; 

 their pouch described, 471. « 



Kiang, the, 372. 



Kings of France, the hunting establish- 

 ments of the, 99. 



" Lachrymal sinuses," 422. 



Lecompte, keeper of the seals in Zoo- 

 logical Gardens, 514. 



Leo (John), the African, adventurous 

 life of, 190. 



Leopard, the, 60 ; the ounce, or snow 

 variety, 67. 



Leopards, dedicated to Bacchus, 65. 



Leucoryx, the (antelope), 427 ; stated 

 to be the unicorn of the ancients, 

 428. 



Lions, 15 j appurtenances of royalty, 38 ; 

 chariots drawn by, 35 ; protection by 

 Eomans of, 38 ; slaughter in Eome 

 of, 35 ; superstition about the Tower, 

 39 ; the burial ,of St. Paul assigned 

 by legend to, 32 ; the type of the 

 Resurrection, 28 ; trained for hunting 

 purposes, 33 ; woman combating with, 

 37. 



Lion-Queen, death of the, 31. 



Livingstone (Dr.), attacked by lions, 24. 



"Loyal songs," jeering quotation from, 



163. 

 Liihdorfs deer, 461. 



MAN-EATiNa hysenas. 111; lions, 23; 



tigers, 48. 

 Menagerie,Exeter Change, 7 ; Henryl.'s, 



5 ; Montezuma's, 3 ; the Tower, 6. 

 Menageries, l.;when first introduced in 



England, 5. 



Mongols, their fear of wild yaks, 416. 



Monkeys, 519. 



Montezuma's menagerie, 3, 395. 



Moose, the, 431. 



Moose-calling, 439. 



Moose-hunting, 437. 



IfAPiBE, Lord, pleads for elephant-pro- 

 tection, 249. 



Napier (Sir Charles), his description of 

 the cruelty practised on baggage- 

 camels in India, 178. 



Onagbe, the, 367. 



Oryx, the, 427, 



Ostrich, representation on an Egyptian 



monument of an, 220. 

 Ounce, the, 67. 

 Ourang-Outang, the, 549. 



Panther, the, 60; child attacked in 

 Zoological Gardens by a, 65. 



Panthers attracted by odour of small- 

 pox, 66. 



Paris, giraffe sent by Pasha of Egypt 

 to, 223 ; wolves seen in, 121 ; hippo- 

 potamus escapes in, 247. 



Parks of intelligence in China, 3. 



Persians, attach importance to cheetah- 

 hunting, 87. 



Phidias (the sculptor), ivory used for 

 the masterpiece of, 260. 



Pliny, his natural history, 2. 



Portugal, the Queen of, driven with a 

 team of zebras, 350, 



Prince of Wales, the, Indian elephants 

 in the Zoological Gardens owned by, 

 308. 



Ptolemy Philadelphus, procession of, 

 328. 



Puma, the, 78. 



Pytchley Hunt, origin of the, 124. 



QuAGOA, the, 351. 



Queensland, camels employed in, 183. 



